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Win a classic rod!
Restore a classic stream!


We are raffling off a Leonard Duracane 7', 2/2, 4 weight bamboo with an Orvis CFO 123 Disc reel. All proceeds go to Batten Kill Habitat Restoration Projects.

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Breakfast Success

We raised over $500 for Trout in the Classroom projects at our Third Annual Pancake Breakfast on Sat 5/11/2008.
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Save Bristol Bay

The Pebble Partnership wants to create one of North America's largest open-pit gold-copper mega mines within a much larger potential mining district in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
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Just Say No!
Twin Rivers Farm Project Update

Work on Phase 2 was completed on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Read on for project details and to see some photos of the newly installed habitat structures.
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Twin Rivers Project Poster
Update: Didymo Confirmed Present in Batten Kill

A VT ANR press release from August 6, 2007 confirmed fears that didymo is present in the Batten Kill. To read the VT ANR press release, and for more information, read on...
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Alert: Didymo Discovered in Vermont

A potentially disasterous development for the trout fisheries of VT and all of the Northeast, the aquatice nuisance algae Didymo, an invasive species, has been confirmed present in the White and Connecticut Rivers in VT/NH. Read more here about what you can do to help prevent the spread of this aquatic nuisance algae.
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CHECK, CLEAN, DRY

Read the recommended procedures for cleaning your equipment in order to help prevent the spread of Didymo.
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Shocking results

Doug Lyons attended the electro-shocking of the BK on 7/17/07. Read his summary of the shocking, the encouraging results, and view the photos he shot.
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Current local stream flow data from USGS
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Executive Board
Doug Lyons
Kim Kolakowski
Peter Bellamy
David Carmona
Directors
Eric Rickstad (P.P.*)
Kevin Andrezejewski
Peter Basta
Mike Healy
Steve Hemkens
Scott McEnaney
Frank Nelson
Jeff Swedberg
Ed Vallerie
* Past President
Thank You
 
3rd Annual Pancake Breakfast 2008
 
Green Up Vermont Walloomsac River Cleanup 2008
 
2007 First Annual Batten Kill BBQ.
 
2007 GMNF Youth Fishing Derby.
 
2007 Fly Tying Classes.
 
Previous events
 
Thank You
 
"Fishing Troubled Waters" April 13, 2008 article by Matt Crawford from the Burlington Free Press
 
"Batten Kill restoration awarded grant funds" April 2, 2008 article by Andy McKeever from the Bennington Banner
 
"Residents, experts meet to discuss challenges facing area watersheds" August 13, 2007 article by John Waller from the Bennington Banner
 
"Watershed Alliance educates about river" August 10, 2007 article by Andy McKeever from the Bennington Banner
 
"Bad algae found in premier trout stream" August 7, 2007 article by Candace Page from the Burlington Free Press
 
"River-choking 'rock-snot' algae found in Batten Kill River" August 7, 2007 article by Daniel Barlow from the Times Argus
 
"'Rock snot' evidence found in Batten Kill" August 7, 2007 article by Daniel Barlow from the Rutland Herald
 
Past Press Coverage
 
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